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With the country still embroiled in social and political fallout from George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the Florida slaying of Trayvon Martin, Atlanta rapper T.I. did not mince words when asked about his response to the verdict.

“My hat goes off to the Martin family, because if it was me and my child, there wouldn’t have been no trial,” T.I. continued. “I’d have been on trial. It would’ve been the trial of the father who killed the man who killed [his child]. That would have been my story. My hat goes off because [the Martin family] are much more clear and level-headed thinkers than [myself].”

T.I. went on to discuss the many projects he’s got coming throughout the rest of the year, including the current third season of VH1 reality show T.I & Tiny: The Family Hustle, which depicts the rapper and his wife Tiny raising their six children.

“We’re celebrating the kids going back to school, because they’ve been home all summer and it’s time to take their asses back to school,” he joked. “So they can get out of my house, messing up my hallways, marking up my floors and leaving food on my couches…one day they’re going to get older and they’re going to be able to do something for themselves and get them some money. As soon as they buy something they really, really like, I’m going to go spill something on it.”